Grandpa said to cousin jed
Sittin´ on the porch,
"i won´t retire
But i might retread

Seems like that guy singin´ this song
Been doin´ it for a long time
Is there anything he knows
That he ain´t said?

Sing a song for freedom
Sing a song for love
Sing a song for depressed angels
Falling from above"

Grandpa held the paper
Pretendin´ he could see
But he couldn´t read without his glasses on

"how can all these people
Afford so many things?
When i was young
People wore what they had on...and mama said

´a little love and affection
In everything you do
Will make the world a better place
With or without you´"

A little love and affection
In everything you do

Slammin´ down a late night shot
The hero and the artist compared
Goals and visions and afterthoughts
For the 21st century

But mostly came up with nothin´
So the truth was never learned
And the human race just kept rollin´ on

Rollin´ through the fighting
Rollin´ through the religious wars
Rollin´ down the temple walls
And the church´s exposed sores

Rollin´ through the fighting
The religious wars
Mostly came up with nothin´

"grandpa here´s your glasses
You´ll see much better now,"
Said that young girl of edith and earl´s
But grandpa just kept starin´
He was lost in some distant thought
Then he turned and said
To that young girl

"a little love and affection
In everything you do
Will make the world a better place
With or without you"

With or without you
A better place
With or without you
With or without you

Hear that rooster crowin´
Down on the double e
It´s a new morning
Dawning on the green

Bouncing off the towers
And the sun´s heading down for the streets
The business meeting
Window shades are drawn

Another morning edition
Headed for the porch
Because grandma puts down the paper
Before grandpa raises his fork

A little love and affection
In everything you do
With or without you

Hear the rooster crowing
Down on the double e